Resident Evil Requiem Leon Minigame Released, Rather Than The Mercenaries Mode That Fans Were Expecting
Capcom has launched a brand new roguelike minigame for Resident Evil Requiem that includes recent challenges for Leon S. Kennedy, somewhat than the collection’ normal Mercenaries mode that many followers have been anticipating.
The minigame, titled “Leon Must Die Forever”, was quietly launched in a single day, with followers recognizing a recent replace for Requiem dropping first on PC and PlayStation.
Leon Must Die Forever is basically a roguelike set of ranges that includes acquainted enemies and environments, and random weapons and particular talents. The final purpose is to get Victor, the sport’s remaining boss.
Levels happen in tough chronological order, so you will begin in Wrenwood’s major road, head to the Care Center after which Raccoon City. As you progress, enemies will naturally change into more durable — however you may full challenges to change credit for higher gear. Death is everlasting, the mode warns you, though there are a number of issue ranges for gamers to strive.
“Grace made it home safely, but Leon still has work to do,” reads Capcom’s blurb for the mode. “Use his enhanced abilities to complete this minigame as fast as possible.”
As beforehand said by Capcom, The new mode is only available for players who have completed Requiem’s main campaign (though, that ought to be most followers by now). After you have executed so (and up to date your recreation) Leon Must Die Forever might be out there to play from the sport’s major menu.
Capcom had stored particulars of the mode under-wraps, main many to imagine this addition can be a recent model of the Resident Evil franchise’s widespread Mercenaries mode, the place gamers can management completely different characters to take down waves of enemies. Alas, this isn’t the case — and proper now, there isn’t any suggestion that Requiem will achieve a Mercenaries expertise.
Of course, Capcom is not executed including content material to Requiem. A serious new story add-on is now in improvement, though nonetheless just a little approach from launching. Fans hope this recent chapter will characteristic extra of Resident Evil’s wider solid (akin to Ada Wong and Chris Redfield) and reply the mystery of Leon’s new piece of jewelrythough particulars are presently skinny on the bottom.
Capcom just lately confirmed that Resident Evil Requiem had offered a surprising 7 million copies, enough that it has raised its profit forecast for the year. “Resident Evil Requiem successfully splices two separate strains of survival horror together into the one highly infectious new mutation,” IGN wrote, awarding the sport 9/10 in our Resident Evil Requiem review.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s News Editor. You can attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
